Dr. Paul Brown

Technical Manager of Global Product Development – Organic Pigments, managing a lab team responsible for the evaluation of new pipeline development products in automotive related coatings applications.

Manager of Application Centre – Automotive, Basel (02.2004 – 11.2009) - responsible for the evaluation of new pipeline development products in automotive coatings applications. Manager of Styling & Promotion Group, Basel (05.2008 – 11.2009) - responsible for color styling and promotional concept/literature generation. Pigment Quality Delegate (02.2004 – 04.2008) responsible for evaluation and approval of all quality affecting process changes in pigment manufacturing.

IPD Manager for waterborne and UV technologies based in Stuttgart,. Management of a lab team conducting medium to long-term coatings development projects in conjunction with development groups in Holland, Belgium, UK, Sweden and USA.

Project manager for colourant technologies supplied to General Industrial, Marine and Protective Coatings divisions. Annual volume approximately 1000 tonne pa. Dispersion Group Manager, responsible for identification of new dispersant technologies for use in formulation development, coupled with the development of environmentally compliant coatings technologies.

Technical management of customer development group, responsible for the maintenance of existing technologies, direct customer liaison and new technology development and introduction. Technical management of electrocoat development group for UK supplied customers. Responsibilities included overseeing of customer electrocoat operations, test method development, and new technology introduction.

Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Sterically Hindered Organotin Compounds

Organotin based final year project